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Zootaxa 1843: 57–66 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (Print Edition) ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition) Zootaxa 1843: 57–66 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Alicellidae and Valettiopsidae, two new callynophorate families (Crustacea: Amphipoda) J.K. LOWRY1 & C. DE BROYER2 1Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] 2Royal Belgian Institue of Natural Sciences, Departement of Invertebrates (Carcinology), 29 Rue Vautier, B-1000 Bruxelles, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Two new families, the Alicellidae fam. nov. and the Valettiopsidae fam. nov., are described based on genera traditionally considered as lysianassoid amphipods. The Alicellidae fam. nov. are deep-sea scavengers often associated with thermal vents. They are distinguished from all other amphipods by a combination of characters which includes a callynophore on antenna 1; a broad, serrate left lacinia mobilis (occasionally narrow or vestigial) and a reduced or vestigial right lacinia mobilis (occasionally broad and serrate); simple or subchelate gnathopod 1; an elongate ischium, rectolinear carpus and propodus and a small dactylus on gnathopod 2 (not mitten-shaped); absence of apical robust setae on uropods 1 and 2 and a deeply cleft telson. The family contains 6 genera: Alicella Chevreux, 1899; Apotectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990; Dia- tectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990; Paralicella Chevreux, 1908; Tectovalopsis Barnard & Ingram, 1990; Transtectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990. The Valettiopsidae fam. nov. are deep-sea scavenging amphipods defined by a combination of characters which includes a callynophore on antenna 1; serrate, curved incisors; a well developed, serrate lacinia mobilis on each mandible, an oblique setal row on the inner plate of maxilla 2, an elongate ischium on gnathopod 2; the absence of robust setae on the apices of uropods 1 and 2 and a deeply cleft telson. The family contains two genera, Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908 and Valettietta Lincoln & Thurston, 1983. Key words: Crustacea, Amphipoda, new families, taxonomy, Alicellidae, Valettiopsidae Introduction Dana (1849) described the distinctive family Lysianassidae. These highly recognizable amphipods have a hard enamel-like cuticle; short, robust peduncle of the first antennae; smooth blade-like incisors; a reduced left lacinia mobilis and vestigial or absent right lacinia mobilis; and gnathopod 2 with an elongate ischium, a carpus/propodus with patches of complex setae (‘pineapple cushion’ in the sense of J.L. Barnard, 1969) and a minute dactylus (‘mitten-shaped’ in the sense of Barnard & Karaman 1991). These characters form such a dis- tinctive ‘jizz’ that all genera up to Bousfield (1987), who re-established the Trischizostomatidae Lilljeborg, 1865, were referred to the Lysianassidae. Bousfield (1979) set up a superfamily Lysianassoidea which included only that family. Although a ‘lysianassid’ was always easy to recognise it is not so easy to define. The characters on which everything hinged have been the distinctive ‘mitten-shape’ (in the sense of Barnard & Karaman 1991) of gna- thopod 2 and in a more understated way, the lack of a lacinia mobilis on the right mandible. Lysianassid/lysi- anassoid amphipods occur in many habitats and have a lot of morphological diversity. In the last two decades the Lysianassidae has been divided into 12 families (Bousfield 1987; Lowry & Stoddart, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002; Stoddart & Lowry 2004) and this process is continuing. The ‘mitten-shaped’ second gnathopod Accepted by G. Karaman: 17 Jun. 2008; published: 6 Aug. 2008 57 and the lacinia mobilis are coming under more detailed examination and this is changing the original lysian- assid/lysianassoid concept. The Amaryllididae Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 for instance, have a well developed left lacinia mobilis which is modified differently to other lysianassoids and although the dactylus of the sec- ond gnathopod is small, it is never minute, and it does not have a typical ‘mitten-shape’. In this paper we describe two new families based on taxa which have traditionally been considered as lysianassoids, but which possess characters which indicate otherwise. Alicella group Alicella was described by Chevreux, 1899, based on deep-sea trap collections from the North Atlantic Ocean. Paralicella Chevreux, 1908, was described 9 years later also based on deep-sea trap collections from the North Atlantic. Nearly 100 years later Barnard & Ingram (1990) described a group of genera (Apotectonia, Diatectonia, Tectovalopsis, Transtectonia) from trap collections near deep-sea vents in the North Pacific Ocean. Except for De Broyer & Thurston (1987) these genera have always been considered as lysianassoid amphipods in the family Lysianassidae (e.g. Barnard & Ingram (1986), Barnard & Ingram (1990)). Although Alicella and Paralicella have always been considered as sister taxa (J.L. Barnard 1969; Barnard & Karaman 1991) and the genera of Barnard & Ingram (1990) have been considered as closely related, the combined group, until now, has never been considered as monophyletic. Based on the combination of the usu- ally broad (occasionally narrow or vestigial ), serrate left lacinia mobilis, the usually vestigial (occasionally broad and serrate), but always present, right lacinia mobilis, the non- (or very weakly) triturative molar, the elongate ischium of gnathopod 1 and the elongate ischium and rectolinear carpus and propodus of the second gnathopod with a small (but not minute) dactylus, we think these taxa form a monophyletic group. Whether they should be considered as part of the Lysianassoidea as currently defined is debatable, because they have a right lacinia mobilis and they do not have a mitten-shaped gnathopod 2 (in the sense of Barnard & Karaman 1991). Where known (see De Broyer & Thurston (1987)), the calceoli differ in several features from the lysi- anassoid types described by Lincoln & Hurley (1981). In this paper we establish the family Alicellidae for this group of genera. Valettiopsis group Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908 was originally described in the family Lysianassidae and has remained in the family, right up to Horton (2004) and Hendrycks (2007). Valettietta Lincoln & Thurston, 1983, was described as a sister taxon to Valettiopsis. Thurston (1989) questioned the placement of these genera in the Lysian- assidae. Valettiopsis ruffoi Serejo & Wakabara, 2003, was described in the genus Valettiopsis, but it has the mouthparts of an alicellid and in our opinion it should be removed to the alicellid genus Tectovalopsis. Members of the Valettiopsis group cannot be lysianassoid amphipods. The most obvious differences are the mandibles in which the incisors have curved, serrated margins similar to those of the eusirids (sensu stricto), and a well developed serrate lacinia mobilis on both the left and right mandibles, unlike any lysianas- soid. The second gnathopod has an elongate ischium, similar to lysianassoids, but it is not ‘mitten-shaped’. Valettiopsids are not eusirids for several reasons: the most obvious are the calceoli which are unique to the group (Lincoln & Thurston 1983); the inner plate of maxilla 1 which has setae along the entire medial margin; and the elongate ischium on gnathopod 2. They are not valettids mainly because of the structure of the maxil- liped (Thurston 1989). We establish a new family, Valettiopsidae, for this group. Materials and methods The taxonomic descriptions presented in this paper were generated from a DELTA (Dallwitz 2005) database to world amphipod families. The character set used to produce the family level descriptions was generated by 58 · Zootaxa 1843 © 2008 Magnolia Press LOWRY & BROYER diagnosing each callynophorate family (88 families) against every other callynophorate family using Intkey (Dallwitz 2005). The resulting group of characters forms the family level character set. Bolded characters in the taxonomic text are diagnostic. The following abbreviations are used on the plates: C, coxa; G, gnathopod; Hd, head; L, labium; Md, mandible; Mp, maxilliped; Mx, maxilla; T, telson; U, uropod; Ur, urosomite; l, left; r, right. Taxonomy Alicellidae new family Type genus. Alicella Chevreux, 1899. Description. Head exposed; deeper than long; anteroventral margin concave or rounded, weakly or mod- erately recessed or not recessed, moderately excavate or not excavate; anteroventral corner rounded, subquad- rate or absent; rostrum vestigial or absent; eyes present or absent, if present then small, oval. Body laterally compressed. Antenna 1 shorter than or subequal in length to antenna 2; peduncle 3-articulate, with sparse slender setae; peduncular article 1 longer than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; peduncular articles not geniculate; accessory flagellum short; callynophore present; calceoli present (Lincoln & Hurley 1981). Antenna 2 short or medium length; peduncle with sparse slender setae, without brush setae; without hook-like process; flagellum longer than peduncle, 5 or more articulate. Mouthparts well developed, forming a subquadrate bundle. Mandible incisors asymmetrical, straight or slightly curved, smooth to minutely dentate anteriorly, posterodistal part of incisor becoming strongly dentate; lacinia mobilis present on both mandibles (left broader than deep with serrate margin, occa- sionally narrow or vestigial; right reduced or vestigial, occasionally broadened with serrate margin); molar present, non-triturative or with tiny triturating patch; palp present. Maxilla
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